Blest is the man, supremely blest

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Blest is the man, supremely blest

Author: Charles Wesley
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1. Blest is the soul, supremely blest,
Whose wickedness is all forgiv’n,
Who finds in Jesu’s wounds sweet rest
And sees the smiling face of Heav’n.
The guilt and pow’r of sin is gone
From those who do in Christ believe;
Covered it lies, and still kept down,
And buried in the Savior’s grave.

2. But while through pride I held my tongue
Nor owned my helpless unbelief,
My bones were wasted all day long,
My strength consumed with pining grief;
Crushed by your anger’s heavy hand,
Burnt up as a dry, barren ground,
I ever of my sin complained,
But no relief or mercy found.

3. Resolved at last, “To God,” I cried,
“My sins I will at large confess,
My shame I will no longer hide,
My depth of desperate wickedness.
All will I own unto my Lord,
Without reserve or cloaking art,”
I said, and felt the pard’ning word;
Your mercy spoke it to my heart.

4. You are my hiding place and trust;
I rest secure from sin and hell;
Safe in the love that ransomed us,
And sheltered in your wounds I dwell.
Still shall your grace to me abound;
The countless wonders of your grace
I still shall tell to all around,
And sing my great Deliv’rer’s praise.

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #90b

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Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Blest is the man, supremely blest
Author:	Charles Wesley
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Psalm 32
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Blest is the man, supremely blest. C. Wesley. [Ps. xxxii.] First published in the Wesley Psalms & Hymns, 1743, as a version of Ps. xxxii. in 9 stanzas of 8 lines. In 1875 it was rearranged and included in the revised edition of the Wesleyan Hymn Book as hymn 561 in two parts, Pt. ii. being, "Thou art my hiding place, In Thee" (Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. viii. p. 65).

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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